Recently, I developed an express app with a nested app called users using Typescript. The structure of my app.js file is as follows:
///<reference path='d.ts/DefinitelyTyped/node/node.d.ts' />
///<reference path='d.ts/DefinitelyTyped/express/express.d.ts' />
///<reference path='routes/Users.ts' />
import express = require("express");
import http = require("http");
import path = require("path");
import us = require("./routes/Users");
var app = express();
// all environments
app.set('port', 3000);
app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');
app.set('view engine', 'jade');
app.set('env', 'development');
app.use(express.favicon());
app.use(express.logger('dev'));
app.use(express.bodyParser());
app.use(express.methodOverride());
app.use(app.router);
app.use(require('less-middleware')({ src: __dirname + '/public' }));
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
// development only
if ('development' == app.get('env')) {
app.use(express.errorHandler());
}
app.get('/', (req, res) => {
res.render("index", {
title: "Express Main Page"
});
});
// Users app
app.use(us.Users.users);
http.createServer(app).listen(app.get('port'), () => {
console.log('Express server listening on port ' + app.get('port'));
});
However, when it comes to storing data using mongoose and mongodb, that's where the issue arises. Here's a glimpse into what the Users.ts file entails:
/// <reference path='../d.ts/DefinitelyTyped/node/node.d.ts' />
/// <reference path='../d.ts/DefinitelyTyped/express/express.d.ts' />
/// <reference path='../d.ts/DefinitelyTyped/mongoose/mongoose.d.ts' />
import express = require("express");
import mongoose = require("mongoose");
mongoose.connect("mongodb://localhost/SimpleBlog");
export module Users {
// Exporting information about the user class
export var users: Express = express();
export var base_URL: string = "/users";
// Creating Schemas
var UserSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
email: String,
name: String,
age: Number
});
// Fetching users
var db_Users = mongoose.model('Users', UserSchema);
var list;
db_Users.find({}, (err, docs) => {
list = docs;
console.log(docs);
});
// Route for base URL
users.get(base_URL, (req, res) => {
res.render("Users/index", {
title: "User List",
user_list: list
});
});
// Route for POST request
users.post(base_URL + "/add", (req, res) => {
try {
console.log(req.body['name']);
new UserSchema({
name: req.body['name'],
email: req.body['email'],
age: req.body['age']
}).save(function (err, docs) {
if (err) { console.log(err); }
});
} catch (Exception) {
console.log(Exception);
}
res.redirect(base_URL);
});
users.get(base_URL + "/add", (req, res) => {
res.render("Users/add", {});
});
}
Upon attempting to save data, I encountered a
[TypeError: object is not a function]The registration form displayed at users/add works correctly in rendering the jade file. It's also worth mentioning that there seems to be no issue with express.bodyParser() since console.log(req.body['name']); successfully outputs the name from the post request.
If anyone could provide assistance or insights on this matter, it would be greatly appreciated.